Agents of Treachery

Otto Penzler has a new anthology coming out via Random House (under its Vintage imprint), the first collection of original espionage fiction yet published. It's a project he's been trying to get off the ground for years, but has been on hold for various reasons. Titled Agents of Treachery, it includes 14 previously unpublished stories: Lee Child with a look at the formation of a special ops cell; James Grady writing about an Arab undercover FBI agent with an active cell; Joseph Finder riffing on a Boston architect who's convinced his Persian neighbors are up to no good; John Lawton  concocting a Len Deighton-esque story about British intelligence; Stephen Hunter with a tale about a WWII brigade; and other great offerings by Dan Fesperman, Andrew Klavan, Gayle Lynds, Charles McCarry, David Morrell,
Stella Rimington, Olen Steinhauer, John Weisman and Robert Wilson. Penzler's bookstore, The Mysterious Bookshop will have a few limited-edition copies available in April signed by all the contributors, which is hardcover with a leather spine and marbled boards, printed on high-quality paper. If that's a little too rich for your blood, the trade paperback version comes out in June.